Matilda Maybin Hart
Permanent ID:
5850Date:
circa 1850Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Reproduction of a miniature portrait of the head and shoulders of a woman with dark curly hair wearing a sheer white ruffled collar, with color applied to her face, neck, cheeks and lips. Preserver: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with sandy finish (late 1840s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a floral design on the front and a geometric design on the back, with gilded edge trim on front exterior as well as both front and back interior, with red velvet pinchpad, and an eggplant purple cushion embossed with a floral design (1850s).Inscription:
(ink on paper): Daguerreotype / from / Miniature of / grandmother / Matilda Maybin Hart [recto]; Hart / 1317 Walnut St [verso] (Enclosed note)Format:
DaguerreotypeDimensions:
Width: 7 cm, Height: 8.3 cm (image)Width: 2 3/4 in, Height: 3 9/32 in (image)
Width: 7.9 cm, Height: 9.1 cm, Depth: 1.8 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 23/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collectionRelated People or Organizations:
Hart, William H. (depicted)Hart, Mary M. (was donated by)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Photographs--Coloring [sh85101197]
Photographs--Coloring [sh85101197]